New Guy Martin Series..

For anyone that missed it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00z88v0/The_Boat_That_Guy_Built_A_Cup_of_Tea/

 

Ginge!

 

Can't see that anyone else had linked to the iplayer page it was on,
at least not in the 10 mins since it went active.

 

True. How about "ginge" with a small "g"?

 

Colin Irvine spoke:

Yes, and?

Anyway, I thought it was a jolly spiffing yarn, and I for one am looking forward to
the rest of the series!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00z88v0/The_Boat_That_Guy_Built_A_Cup_of_Tea/

It was moderately entertaining, but then knowing of Guy Martin, I
thought it probably would be. P enjoyed it too, though.

I thought it nicely typical of GM that with six(?) episodes made on how
to build a boat, the first one was simply about getting a cup of tea
made.

 

I enjoyed that. Brought back memories of visiting Black Country [1]
foundries. Hopefully he'll turn his hand to a bit of drop-forging later
in the series.

[1] Pretty sure the iron smelting was filmed at the Black Country
Museum, which is well worth a visit.

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I assumed so, there can't be many working 18th century foundries in the
Dudley area, right next to a canal. Is the Dudley tunnel passable these
days?

 

The missing link:

http://www.dudleycanaltrust.org.uk/pages
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Ogden spoke:

yes.

http://www.waterscape.com/canals-and-rivers/dudley-no-1-canal

One-way control and size restrictions. Also trip boats.

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Guy Martin is brilliant as a road racer but I really don't need an up
to date Dibnah prattling on about brewing tea as my highlight of the
day. I only get the weekend to catch up on tv I've missed over the
week so I'll give this one a miss.